Stanford’s Omaha dream died Sunday when it again spotted Vanderbilt a big early lead and, just as the Cardinal had in Game 1, they couldn’t dig their way out.

Bryan Reynolds, John Norwood and Vince Conde had three hits each to lead a 15-hit attack as the Commodores punched their tickets to the College World Series with a 12-5 win in the finale of the Nashville Super Regional.

The Cardinal finished 35-26 after falling behind by five runs in the first inning. The Commodores (46-19) took advantage of a fine relief performance by freshman Hayden Stone, who didn’t give up an earned run in six innings. When he took over, Vandy had just a 5-4 lead.

Conde drove in the game’s first run with a single up the middle in the first inning. Conde stole second and scored on Zander Wiel’s double down the right field line. Xavier Turner singled, sending Wiel to third. Wiel scored on a safety squeeze bunt by Rhett Wiseman, giving the Commodores a 3-0 lead.

Marcus Brakeman relieved starter Logan James and immediately gave up an RBI single by Norwood. Norwood stole second and scored on Jason Delay’s single.

As a result, Vandy starter Walker Buehler had a 5-0 lead before making a pitch. But he lasted just three innings.

Stanford exploded for four runs in the third. Tommy Edman and Danny Diekroeger singled before Alex Blandino doubled down the line to score Edman. When Zach Hoffpauir reached on an error by second baseman Danby Swanson, with both Diekroeger and a hustling Blandino scoring. Wayne Taylor’s triple cut the lead to 5-4.

A double by Norwood and a single by Reynolds pushed it to 6-4 in the fourth, but Stanford came right back in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Blandino, cutting the lead to one run.

Vandy erupted for four runs on four hits off five pitchers in the seventh. Brakeman was lifted in favor of Chris Castellanos after the leadoff batter, Swanson, singled. Brakeman’s 5 1/3-inning outing was one out short of his longest of the season. Reynolds doubled to left. An infield hit by Conde scored a run.

After Stanford closer A.J. Vanegas entered the game, third baseman Blandino tried to throw out Reynolds at the plate but catcher Whiting couldn’t handle his throw. The run made it 8-5, and another run crossed on Turner’s sacrifice fly to center.

The inning still wasn’t over. Wiel stole third and scored on Norwood’s single, making it 10-5. Game 1 starter John Hochstatter took over for Vanegas but walked the only batter he saw before giving way to freshman Tyler Thorne. Blandino’s diving stop at third triggered an inning-ending double play.

Vandy tacked on two more runs on Stanford errors in the eighth. Reynolds, running at first after his third hit, circled the bases on a couple of throwing errors after a failed pickoff try.

Reynolds also made a diving catch in left field in the seventh to rob Brant Whiting of extra bases.